Because you can get everything online these days! First off sorry this is so late but it is still Monday in my neck of the world though just barely! Anyway, it started with shoes, Zappos and its competitors made it safe to buy shoes online and if you can buy shoes how hard can glasses be. I just got three pairs of glasses (distance, sunglasses, and computer glasses) for less than I would have paid for a single pair at the monopoly place at the mall. Two pairs I ordered through a company called Firmoo.com and the third came from Lookmatic.com. Warby Parker gets lots of press too and they do a buy one/donate one kind of program. All arrived perfectly done in just slightly more time than the one hour place that is never one hour for me anyway. I opted for three very different styles that are all 'eccentric' according to the 12 year old daughter and she thought that was a good thing. (I give her another 2-3 years before she is mortified by me.) All three pairs cost me about $110 combined, let me say that again, COMBINED! I will never go to the mall for glasses again.
Published on January 23, 2012 19:15